Astronomical Low Tide in Texas, January 8, 2010

Name: Astronomical Low Tide in Texas, January 8, 2010
Start: 2010-01-08T04:00
End: 2010-01-08T04:00
Location: Texas

January 8, 2010 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Strong northerly winds associated with an arctic cold front caused unusually low tides along the southeast Texas coast. Tide levels of -2 to -3 feet MLLW were recorded.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

Strong northerly winds associated with an arctic cold front caused unusually low tides along the southeast Texas coast. Tide levels of -2 to -3 feet MLLW were recorded.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 8, 3:52 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 3:52 AM CST, 8 minutes before

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Event by event

1 astronomical low tide. Local standard time, as filed.

Astronomical Low Tide, Jefferson

When: January 8, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Sabine Pass NOS Tide Gauge measured a low tide level of -2.71 feet MLLW.

What these are

Astronomical Low Tide: Unusually low water from tides and offshore wind that caused impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, January 2010

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 210127.